Privacy policy

Last updated: November 8, 2026

Who is responsible

The data controller is:

Backlink.lv. Email: info@backlink.lv, or use the contact form.

What we collect and why

When you add a website

• Website details: address, title, description, category and country. They are published on your listing page.
• Contact details: the email, phone, address and social profiles you enter. They are published on your listing page so that visitors can reach you. The contact person's name is not published.
• IP address: stored with the submission to prevent spam and abuse.

We need this to provide the listing you order and to keep the directory safe.

When you pay

Stripe processes the payment. We receive your email address, the amount, the payment status and Stripe's payment reference. We never receive your card details. We keep payment records because accounting law requires it.

When you write to us

When you use the contact form, send an update request or report a broken link, we receive your name, email address, message and IP address. We use them to answer you and to handle the request.

When you visit the website

Our server keeps technical logs (IP address, browser, page and time) to keep the website secure and working. We count visits to each listing page as a simple number, without personal data. We do not use analytics or advertising trackers.

Cookies

We only use cookies that the website needs to work:

• a session cookie (PHPSESSID) that keeps forms working and is deleted when you close the browser;
• a language cookie that remembers your language for one year;
• a cookie that remembers that you closed the cookie notice.

We do not use cookies for analytics or advertising.

Who else receives data

• Stripe processes payments (Stripe Payments Europe, Ltd.).
• SIA Maklaut, our hosting provider in Latvia, stores the website, its database and our email.
• WordPress.com (Automattic) makes the screenshot shown on your listing page. It receives only your website's address.

We do not sell personal data.

Public listings

Listing pages are public. Search engines and other websites can read and copy them. After we remove a listing, copies made by others may stay online for some time.

How long we keep data

• Listings and their contact details: while the listing is live, and until you ask us to remove it.
• Submissions that were not paid or not approved: until they are no longer needed. You can ask us to delete them sooner.
• Payment records: as long as accounting law requires.
• Emails and messages: as long as we need them to handle your request.
• Server logs: for a limited time, for security.

Your rights

You can ask to see, correct or delete your personal data, to limit or object to its use, and to get a copy of the data you gave us. Write to info@backlink.lv. You can also complain to the Data State Inspectorate of Latvia (dvi.gov.lv).

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we publish the new version on this page with a new date.

See also: Terms of service · Refund policy